British Malaya
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The term British Malaya loosely describes a set of states on the lower Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid
George Town, the capital of Penang. Across the North Channel seen is Butterworth, on the mainland known as Seberang Perai, formerly Province Wellesley.
Postage stamp of the Straits Settlements from 1883
Raja Abdullah, later Sultan of Perak
Kuala Lumpur circa 1884. Founded in 1859, the mining settlement would grow to succeed Klang town as the capital of Selangor in 1880, and would later be designated as the capitals of the Federated Malay States, the Federation of Malaya and Malaysia.
Ngah Ibrahim
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Ngah Ibrahim or famously known as Tengku Menteri, Menteri Larut or Raja Larut was a Malay headman who succeeded his father Long Jaafar as headman and administrator of the district of Larut upon the de
The Minister Paduka Tuan Ngah Ibrahim with his son Wan Mohd Isa (left), Mat Nasir (right), and Indian police (Sepoy) in Matang, Perak
